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Kevin Cogill Gets House Arrest for 'Chinese Democracy' Leak
Kevin Cogill, who leaked a copy of Guns 'n' Roses' magnum opus Chinese Democracy on his blog, was sentenced to two months' house arrest and one year's probation... and he must also record an anti-piracy PSA for the RIAA. That's what you'd call "adding insult to injury".... 
Jammie Thomas-Rasset to Appeal $2 MIllion RIAA Verdict
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, ordered to pay $1.9 million in fines to the RIAA for copyright infringement, will appeal the ruling, according to her lawyer. This is not surprising, since, once the news of the ruling hit, even those whose songs she downloaded decried the fines as... 
Mega Torrent Site Pirate Bay Sold for £4.7m
A Swedish software firm, Global Gaming Factory X, says it has bought Pirate Bay for £4.7m. The software company says the deal would include right to use Pirate Bay's domain.Pirate Bay is one of the largest file sharing sites having about 20 million users. Few months ago, 4...
Pirate Bay Retrial Request Rejected by Swedish Appeal Court
The Pirate Bay founders’ request of a retrial has been thrown out by a Swedish Appeal court. The four men, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde behind the Pirate Bay file sharing hub, were sentence to 1 year in jail and ordered to pay 30m...
Jammie Thomas-Rasset: Fined $2-Million in RIAA Kazaa Appeal
You may or may not remember Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the woman who lost a lawsuit for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the peer to peer network Kazaa in 2007. In the original lawsuit the RIAA was awarded damages... 
created by Tina Kells | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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Virgin, Universal in Music Download Pact
Virgin Media is entering a groundbreaking deal with Universal Music Group that could change the face of music-sharing in Britain. Virgin would be able to offer an all-you-can-eat download package of DRM-free Universal material... but would, in return, act as Universal's... 
Pirate Party Wins Seat in European Parliament.
For the first time in history a member of the Pirate Party, an organization dedicated to defending the intellectual property rights of consumers and their ability to file share, has won a seat in the EU Parliament.... 
Pirate Bay Encourages DDo$ Attack on Law Firm, Seek New Trial
After losing their intellectual property trial (widely considered a fiasco), the founders of torrent aggregator The Pirate Bay are encouraging their fans to assist them in paying the SEK30 million (US$3.5 million)...
created by Jordan Yerman | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago
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Swedish ISPs Anonymize in Response to Pirate Bay Verdict
Following the Pirate Bay trial verdict, several Swedish ISPs are wooing new customers by not keeping logs, effectively anonymizing users by declining to record IP addresses. In the event of an investigation, the... Pirate Bay Confident of Trial Victory
Torrent aggregator The Pirate Bay awaits the verdict of their copyright infringement trial, which is due on Friday. According to the site's founders, the actual verdict will not affect day-to-day operations, as,...Swedish Web Traffic Drops 33% after Anti-Piracy Law
Internet traffic in Sweden dropped by a staggering 33% following the imlementation of a new anti-piracy law, which allows copyright-holders to seek a court order to force Internet service providers to reveal the IP addresses of file-sharing computers.This is likely a...
Don't Pimp Your Downloading Secrets
This piece was in process before Tina Kells' NP coverage and as the result of a previous comment about ISPs I made on March 21, in response to Esta's article, Is Google Committing TheftExcerpted : '...to send... 
Giant server seized in raid on file-sharing site
One of the best known music sharing "services", The Pirate Bay, was amongst the catches today in Sweden: " STOCKHOLM - Police have made a major crackdown on illegal file-sharing by seizing a giant computer server during an apartment raid in a Stockholm suburb, an official... 
The Pirate Bay Trial Closes, Verdict Due April 17
Update: The Pirate Bay trial has closed, and the verdict is expected on April 17.As the Pirate Bay trial entered its final day, the defendants had one last chance to speak. Basically, their response to the charges...
created by Jordan Yerman | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
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224 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
